In a key overnight session, the upper house of Parliament adopted the 2026 appropriations for the mission “Immigration, Asylum and Integration”, raising spending to €2.16 billion—an €80 million jump on 2025. Senators in the right-of-centre majority argued that extra funds are needed to implement the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and to double the capacity of France’s administrative detention network to 3 000 beds by 2029.
The credits will finance new detention centres in Calais, Marseille and Toulouse, additional border-police posts, and digital upgrades to the ANEF residence-permit platform. The budget also earmarks €45 million for language and civic-integration courses, but left-wing parties complained that the share devoted to integration is shrinking compared with enforcement.
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For global-mobility teams the headline is more resources—and political pressure—for enforcing overstayer controls and employer-sanctions audits. The Interior Ministry confirmed that 40 new workplace-inspection teams will be created in 2026. Employers placing foreign talent in France should expect tighter scrutiny of posted-worker declarations and residence-permit renewals.
The bill now returns to the Assemblée Nationale, where the government may invoke article 49-3 to push it through unchanged. If so, the new budget could take effect as early as 1 January 2026.
The credits will finance new detention centres in Calais, Marseille and Toulouse, additional border-police posts, and digital upgrades to the ANEF residence-permit platform. The budget also earmarks €45 million for language and civic-integration courses, but left-wing parties complained that the share devoted to integration is shrinking compared with enforcement.
For global-mobility teams the headline is more resources—and political pressure—for enforcing overstayer controls and employer-sanctions audits. The Interior Ministry confirmed that 40 new workplace-inspection teams will be created in 2026. Employers placing foreign talent in France should expect tighter scrutiny of posted-worker declarations and residence-permit renewals.
The bill now returns to the Assemblée Nationale, where the government may invoke article 49-3 to push it through unchanged. If so, the new budget could take effect as early as 1 January 2026.
